Ray Stell wrote:
> > InformationWeek_at_update.informationweek.com:> > ** The World's Fastest Computer (This Week)> > Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in> Livermore, Calif., held a coming-out party this week, but it> wasn't for a debutante--it was to dedicate the world's fastest> computer, a silicon belle named ASCI White. And this young lady> knows how to cook. It works at speeds of 12.3 teraflops, or> trillion floating operations per second--faster than the combined> speed of the next three most powerful machines on earth.> > The $110 million IBM supercomputer consists of 8,192> off-the-shelf IBM Power-3-II processors. It's got four terabytes> of RAM and disk capacity of more than 160 terabytes, and it fills> a computer room longer than two basketball courts. There's 49.3> miles of cable connecting the nodes of the machine, and it> requires enough power to cool 765 homes.> ===============================================================> Ray Stell stellr_at_vt.edu (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D> --> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com> --> Author: Ray Stell> INET: stellr_at_stell.cns.vt.edu>

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